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Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Complicit - Cover Opinions

This week's selection for "cover opinions" is the US, UK hardback and UK paperback covers for Nicci French'sComplicit also known as The Other Side of the Door in the US. (The UK paperback is out in March 2011.)

So what are you thoughts on the US (LHS) and UK (RHS) covers? Which would entice you to pick the book up if you were not familiar with Nicci French?

If you have read it, how well does the cover match the story? And which title suits it best?

5 comments:

I haven't read it, so can't comment on which one fits but the UK red smoke (or whatever it is) one is more likely to make me pick it up than any of the others. The US one seems like it's trying too hard to look like Stieg Larsson. And the other UK one...nah :o)

I think the US cover (the one with the door in it) is actually relevant to the book, unlike the other two covers. I do like the UK cover, though, it is part of a theme with the covers of their other books, and I like them. But - of zero relevance to the book itself! I don't like the white/red squiggly cover very much.